Mechanism of action of mercury on sperm morphology, adenosine triphosphate content, and motility in Perca fluviatilis (Percidae; Teleostei)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 905-914

  Hatef, Azadeh ^a   Alavi, Sayyed Mohammad Hadi ^a   Butts, Ian A E ^b,c   Policar, Tomas ^a   Linhart, Otomar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adenosine 5' triphosphate; Axoneme; Mitochondria; Plasma membrane; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ATP CONTENT; AXONEME; DOSE-DEPENDENT MANNER; INCUBATION TIME; MECHANISM OF ACTION; MERCURY CHLORIDE; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PLASMA MEMBRANE; PLASMA MEMBRANES; SPERM; SPERM MOTILITY; TRIPHOSPHATE;

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; CELL MEMBRANES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); MITOCHONDRIA; PLASMAS;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MERCURY CHLORIDE;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; MOTILITY; PERCID; PLASMA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPERM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; DRUG MECHANISM; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PERCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; MALE; MERCURY; PERCHES; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PERCIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 79952294021     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.461     Document Type: Article

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